environment
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North Dakota pipeline protest turns violent after cultural sites destroyedTribal officials say at least 30 people were pepper-sprayed after confronting construction crews for destroying burial and cultural sites near a reservation
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Protected lands and endangered species aren't properly safeguarded, report saysSome of the most biodiverse ecosystems are not being protected and the management of many protected areas is deficient, a progress report warns -
Hurricane Hermine causes severe flooding but shrinks to tropical stormThe hurricane was downgraded just before dawn, after leaving tens of thousands without power in Florida and moving north-east towards Georgia -
Obama talks climate change during Midway Atoll visit – videoOn Thursday Barack Obama made a trip to Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the US and the site of the second world war’s Battle of Midway
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Hawaii under threat: the environment Obama has called to protect – in picturesThe US president was in Honolulu on Wednesday to tell an audience of Pacific island leaders that ‘No nation … is immune from a changing climate’
energy
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Queensland University of Technology to dump fossil fuel investmentsQUT vice-chancellor says university’s $300m endowment fund will divest its shares in coal, oil and gas companies
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Barangaroo: Sydney's largest urban renewal project aims to recycle more water than it usesThe developers have built an onsite treatment plant in an effort to conserve, recycle and export water, but no one has signed up yet
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latest news
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Eastern gorilla now critically endangered while giant panda situation improvesLargest living primate joins three other great ape species on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list, but pandas no longer endangered
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Evidence of 9,000-year-old stone houses found on Australian islandCircular foundations excavated on Rosemary Island date to the end of the last ice age – a time of ‘environmental stress’ for the Indigenous inhabitants
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Climate Change Authority's plan is 'a dog's breakfast', say dissenting membersClimate scientist and economist publish minority report calling for full emissions trading scheme and closure of brown-coal-fired power plants
elephant conservation
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Kenya's elephants at home in the Samburu national reserve – in picturesThough Kenya’s elephant population is stable and poaching is relatively under control, across Africa savannah elephants are increasingly under threat
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Saving Africa's elephants: 'Can you imagine them no longer existing?'Across Africa, poaching is on the rise. Progress is being made here and there, but the battle to save the largest animals on the Earth is far from being won
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Share your encounters with elephantsAs part of a new series on elephant conservation we’d like to hear your elephant experiences
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Why the Guardian is spending a year reporting on the plight of elephantsElephant herds face an uncertain future – over the next year we’ll be taking a closer look at what can be done to help
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineDitch the car: how to visit America's national parks without the congestionTraffic congestion has become part of the experience of visiting popular national parks in the US. Now, more parks are beefing up their public transport options
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An apple a dayAn apple a dayFish for dinner? Your seafood might come with a side of plasticFish are “stuffing themselves” on plastic, but scientists are still trying to figure out what effect that might have on those of us who eat seafood
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the big picture
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Week in Wildlife - in picturesAn unidentified sea creature and a shoal of disappearing fish are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
US beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika toxin kills 2.5m bees